For tonight's update we cover how to crash your tank!
The last few day I realized the my corals looked off. I've been neglecting to test my parameters so I figured my calcium was off since I have my alk on a doser. Sure enough my calcium was at 290. So I corrected the issue and prepared to do a water change. The water change was planned for 2 days in advance. The day of my water change I realized my corals still didn't look good and it made me scratch my head.
Upon further investigation I saw via my Apex that my temp was sitting at 68 degrees! I then looked back on my graph and found it was at the temp for about 3 days! For some reason my Apex failed to notify me that my temp dropped out of limits!
My heater had failed and almost crashed my tank! Fortunately I caught it and corrected the issue and knock on wood so far haven't lost anything even thought my goni was real ******. Moral of the story always check your equipment! I contacted Apex support and they found the issue and will be calling me Monday to help me correct it.
Here is a pic after a fresh water change with moon lights.
Also he's a FTS of my tank and what I could have lost. It's not a huge system but the most successful system I have ever kept!
The last few day I realized the my corals looked off. I've been neglecting to test my parameters so I figured my calcium was off since I have my alk on a doser. Sure enough my calcium was at 290. So I corrected the issue and prepared to do a water change. The water change was planned for 2 days in advance. The day of my water change I realized my corals still didn't look good and it made me scratch my head.
Upon further investigation I saw via my Apex that my temp was sitting at 68 degrees! I then looked back on my graph and found it was at the temp for about 3 days! For some reason my Apex failed to notify me that my temp dropped out of limits!
My heater had failed and almost crashed my tank! Fortunately I caught it and corrected the issue and knock on wood so far haven't lost anything even thought my goni was real ******. Moral of the story always check your equipment! I contacted Apex support and they found the issue and will be calling me Monday to help me correct it.
Here is a pic after a fresh water change with moon lights.
Also he's a FTS of my tank and what I could have lost. It's not a huge system but the most successful system I have ever kept!